I will be nominating Christopher A.
Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI.
Details to follow.
Christopher Asher Wray (born 1967)[1] is an American lawyer. From 2003 to 2005, he
served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division under
the George W. Bush administration. He is currently a litigation
partner for the private law firm King & Spalding.[2] On June 7, 2017, President Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate Wray
for Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.[3]
n 1989, Wray graduated from Yale University, then continued to earn his
law degree in 1992 at Yale Law School. While at Yale, Wray was the
executive editor of the Yale Law Journal. Wray spent a year clerking
for Judge J. Michael Luttig of
the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.[4]
Government service
Christopher Wray joined the
government in 1997 as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of
Georgia. In 2001 he moved to the Justice Department as associate deputy
attorney general and principal associate deputy attorney general.[4]
In 2003 President George W. Bush nominated Wray as
assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department’s Criminal
Division.[1] This position required US
Senate confirmation which Wray received unanimously. Wray was assistant
attorney general from 2003 to 2005 where he worked under James Comey, then the Deputy Attorney General.
While heading the Criminal Division, Wray oversaw prominent fraud
investigations like Enron.[4] In 2005, Wray received the Edmund J.
Randolph Award, the Department’s highest award for public service and
leadership.[1]
Private law practice
Wray joined King & Spalding in 2005 as a
litigation partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Atlanta offices. He
represented several Fortune 100 companies and chaired the King & Spalding
Special Matters and Government Investigations Practice Group.[2]During his time at King &
Spalding, Wray acted as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's personal attorney during the Bridgegate scandal.[5][4][6] During the scandal, defense
attorneys for a pair of Christie's inner circle sought access to Christie's
missing cellphone.[7] Two years later, the phone turned
up in Wray's possession.[8][6]
